March 28 - Bill Gaither (The Musical Birthday Series, 8th Annual Cycle)

Previous postings for March 28th may be found here: Paul Whiteman (2019), Lady Gaga (2020), Alf Clausen (2021), Lady Gaga (2022), Joey Roukens (2023), Joseph Weigl; Myfanwy Piper (2024), and Jay Livingston (2025)

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Bill Gaither (b. 28 March 1936) is an American singer and songwriter of Southern gospel and contemporary Christian music. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We Gaither Together

The songs that were sung by Bill Gaither

Were meant to make faith even faither;

Though some would observe of his brand

That both music and doctrine are bland.

 

 

 

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March 27 - R. J. S. Stevens (The Musical Birthday Series, 8th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for March 27th may be found here: Antonio Squarcialupi (2019), Sarah Vaughan, Patty Smith Hill; Ben Webster (2021), Ferde Grofé (2022), Vincent d'Indy (2023), Mariah Carey (2024), and Phil Chess (2025)

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R. J. S. [Richard John Samuel] Stevens (27 March 1757 – 23 September 1837) was an English composer and organist, best remembered for his glees.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hear Today

Even though his talent was more "adequate" than "great,"

   He thought he'd found a genre to excel in;

And so it's sad the vogue for glees went quickly out of date,

   Which otherwise he might have done so well in.

 

 

 

 

 

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March 26 - Diana Ross (The Musical Birthday Series, 8th Annual Cycle)

Previous postings for March 26th may be found here: Pierre Boulez (2019), Diana Ross; Pierre Boulez (2020), Pierre Boulez (2021), (2022), (2023), Rufus Thomas; Pierre Boulez (2024), and Pierre Boulez (2025)

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Diana Ross (b. 26 March 1944) is an American singer and actress; she was the lead singer of the vocal group The Supremes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supremacy

Of all the top musical teams

That the pop music world esteems,

There isn't a trio

With half of the brio

Of Diana Ross's Supremes.

 

 

 

 

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March 25 - David Burge (The Musical Birthday Series, 8th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for March 25th may be found here:  Béla Bartók (2019), Anita Bryant; Elton John (2020), Aretha Franklin; Arturo Toscanini (2021), Arturo Toscanini (2022), Haydn Wood (2023), and Bela Bartók (2025)

 

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David Russell Burge (March 25, 1930 – April 1, 2013) was an American pianist, conductor and composer, noted for championing contemporary pieces. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Burgeoning

Today I cannot quell the urge

To sing the praise of David Burge,

Who championed music of the present

(Which other pianists found unpleasant),

By Krenek, Berio, or Crumb, —

And other music one can't hum. 

 

 

 

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March 24 - Fanny Crosby (The Musical Birthday Series, 8th Annual Cycle)

Previous post for March 24th may be found here: Maria Malibran (2019), (2020), Fanny Crosby (2021), Elsa Respighi; John Antes (2022), Maria Malibran (2023), Byron Janis (2024), and Maria Malibran (2025)

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Fanny Crosby (24 March 1820 –12 February 1915) was an American mission worker and poet, particularly of hymns. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

High and Low

[S]he is not mentioned in The Hymnal 1982. – Wikipedia

Episcopalian choirmasters tend

To shun the hymns that Fanny Crosby penned.

It's not so much the doctrines they espouse,

It's more about the fervor they arouse,

For heart-on-sleeve exuberance is alien

Where liturgies are pure Episcopalian.

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March 23 - Anthony van Hoboken (The Musical Birthday Series, 8th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for March 23rd may be found here: Julius Reubke (2019), Arthur Farwell (2020), Anthony van Hoboken (2021), Dave Frishberg; Dane Rudhyar (2022), Ludwig Minkus (2023), Dave Frishberg; Eugène Gigout (2024), and Dave Frishberg; Anthony van Hoboken (2025)

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Anthony van Hoboken (23 March 1887 – 1 November 1983) was a Dutch musical collector, bibliographer, and musicologist best known for his catalogue of the works of Haydn.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Resting In Peace

No doubt that Haydn who today has sunk to the level of child-performers, will one day rise again from the children to the adults, as basically the rarest and most adult people of all belong to his circle. – Schenker to Hoboken, qtd. in Wikipedia

Though Haydn was always respected,

   He was widely regarded as facile,

Perhaps a bit prim and affected,

   A bit like a rococo castle.

It was Hoboken's tireless rigor

   While rooting through archival collections,

That uncovered the sinewy vigor

   Which fortified Haydn's confections.

Yet in spite of the Hoboken numbers

   That were pinned to each piece in its turn,

Old Haydn's Elysian slumbers

   Went on undisturbed in his urn.

 

 

 

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